Passepartout – Aesthetic Frame for Art and Photography

A passepartout is more than just an intermediate frame – it is a central design element that visually refines, creates depth, and protects artworks. At Artrahmen in Berlin, we offer a large selection of high-quality passepartouts in various colors, thicknesses, and qualities. Whether classic white, color-accented, or multi-layered – together, we will find the ideal solution for your picture framing.

What is a Passepartout?

A passepartout is a cardboard insert with a precisely cut inner section that is inserted between the picture and the glass in the frame. It fulfills several important functions:

• Visual focusing on the image motif
• Creation of spatial depth through distance to the glass
• Protection of the picture from direct contact with the glass
• Supplementing the frame through color, proportion, and style

Passepartouts are available in many formats, colors, and cardboard thicknesses. For sensitive originals, we exclusively use acid-free, age-resistant museum boards.

Design Options with Passepartouts

With a passepartout, you can specifically influence the appearance of a work of art. Whether tone on tone or in contrast – the right passepartout highlights the motif, directs the eye, and can support or break the style of the frame. Particularly popular are:

• Double passepartouts with colored bevel
• Oval or multiple cutouts for collages or series
• Passepartouts with gold trim or line embossing
• Bevel cuts in gallery quality
• Extra wide passepartouts for a modern look

We manufacture every cutout with millimeter precision – even for unusual formats or individual motif orientations.

Passepartouts for Photography, Drawing, and Printmaking

Whether for professional photography, watercolors, lithographs, or ink drawings – a passepartout enhances the aesthetic impression and protects the artwork from damage. Especially with works on paper, the distance to the glass is important to avoid condensation, prints, or deformations. Our passepartouts are professionally cut and, upon request, pre-assembled into the frame.

Our Services Related to Passepartouts

• Advice on color, format, and cardboard quality
• Millimeter-precise custom cutting
• Installation in existing or new frames
• Combination with conservation framing
• Also sale of individual passepartouts on request

In our Berlin workshop, we manufacture passepartouts for private clients, artists, galleries, and commercial projects – always precise, creative, and of the highest quality.